. >> bill: baltimore is great town. >> it is a great town. the orioles are [ inaudible ] in baseball. >> bill: the nats are also doing well in baseball. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> bill: just one quick question, the answer to that question, which the republicans want to make the team of this election, and i say bring it on are we better off today as americans than we were four years ago. >> the country is better out of it, no doubt about it. we are coming back. unemployment rate was 10%, down to 8.3, and we still got a lot to do there, but on the affordable care act, done. lilly ledbetter, done. so we can go on and on. and i keep telling democrats, do not be on the defensive. this president has accomplished more in three years eight months that most presidents achieve in eight years against maximum opposition. >> bill: right with zero cooperation from republicans. >> yes. the proposals that this president has represented, things as you know that republicans have favored in the past that have created jobs and they are saying no because th